Famous Birthdays For October 10th 1344 - Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) 1486 - Charles III, Duke of Savoy 1567 - Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) 1599 - Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) 1678 - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) 1684 - Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) 1700 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) 1713 - Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer 1731 - Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen) 1738 - Benjamin West, painter (Death of General Wolfe) 1757 - Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens) 1779 - Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP 1780 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844) 1790 - George Gerson, composer 1794 - William Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871) 1804 - Albin Masek, composer 1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto, First French Empire, Italian composer (La donna è mobile - Rigoletto), (d. 1901) 1817 - Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI 1819 - Zebulon York, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 Composer Giuseppe VerdiComposer Giuseppe Verdi (1813) 1823 - Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer 1825 - Paulus Kruger, Pres of South African Republic (1883), Boer leader 1828 - Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890) 1829 - Dandridge McRae, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 1830 - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68) 1832 - Theodore Shelton Bowers, Bvt Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1866 1834 - Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finland, writer/poet (Nummisuutarit) 1847 - Gheorghe Dima, composer 1854 - Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer 1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Store Frøen, Christiania, Norway, Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922), (d. 1930) 1862 - Arthur De Greef, composer 1863 - Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (d. 1912) 1863 - Helen Dunbar, American actress (d. 1933) 1864 - T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924) 1865 - Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal Arctic explorer/Nobel Laureate Fridtjof NansenArctic explorer/Nobel Laureate Fridtjof Nansen (1861) 1868 - Guillermo M Tomas, composer 1870 - Louise Mack, Australian writer (d. 1935) 1876 - Walter Niemann, composer 1884 - C Ormy C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11) 1884 - Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Bint) 1885 - Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962) 1887 - Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author 1889 - Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer) 1893 - August Balthazar, Belgian politician 1895 - Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days) 1895 - Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (d. 1935) 1895 - Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945) 1897 - Lamar Stringfield, composer 1897 - Pricilla L Williams, social activist/humanitarian 1898 - Lilly Daché, French-born milliner (d. 1989) 1900 - Helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday) 1901 - Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor 1903 - Charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince 1903 - Vernon Duke, composer 1905 - Jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hells Angel, Patsy, Don Juan) 1906 - Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony) 1906 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001) 1908 - David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer 1908 - John Waldo Green, NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardos arranger) 1908 - Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (d. 1983) 1909 - Florida Friebus, actress (Dobie Gillis mom, Bob Newhart Show) 1909 - Luc van Brabant, Flemish writer/erotic poet 1909 - Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director 1910 - Alan Frank, music publisher 1910 - Milton Tippy Larkin, band leader 1910 - Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas) 1912 - Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist 1913 - Claude Simon, writer 1913 - Johnny Downs, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Manhattan Showcase) 1914 - Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO LA, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio) 1914 - Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker 1914 - Tommy Fine, American baseball player (d. 2005) 1916 - Benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart) 1916 - Scott Huston, composer 1917 - Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night) 1917 - Thelonious Monk, Rocky Mount North Carolina, American jazz pianist and composer 1918 - Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orchestra leader (Club Seven) 1918 - Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast 1918 - Jigal Allon, Israeli politician 1919 - Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder) 1921 - Boy [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister 1922 - Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde) 1922 - Harry Cave, cricketer (NZ bowler & Test captain in the 1950s) 1922 - Merv Pregulman, Lansing, Michigan, NFL Line backer (Green Bay Packers), (d. 2012) 1923 - Louis Gottlieb, musician 1923 - Nicholas Parsons, English actor 1924 - Edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space) 1924 - Huey Piano Smith, rocker (Rockin Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu) 1924 - James Clavell, England, author (Tai Pan, Shogun) [or 1920, 22, 26) 1924 - Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer (Sins of Rome) 1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978) 1925 - Ivan Svitak, philosopher 1925 - Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. 2001) 1926 - Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit) 1926 - Richard Jaeckel, NY, actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima) 1927 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955) 1927 - John Eric Tieman, production manager (The Guardian) 1927 - Thomas Brendon Wilson, composer 1927 - Dana Elcar, American actor (d. 2005) 1930 - Adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill) 1930 - Harold Pinter, London England, playwright (Homecoming, Servant) 1930 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (d. 1970) 1930 - Konstantin Vyrupayev, Soviet wrestler (Greco-Roman Bantamweight Olympic Gold 1956), (d. 2012) 1932 - Charles Dnaiels, archaeologist 1932 - Harry Smith, English footballer 1933 - Daniel Massey, London, actress (Vault of Horror) 1933 - Gerald Masters, South African/British author (Pan Book of Dates) 1933 - Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and Manson murder victim (d. 1969) 1934 - Sadashiv Patil, cricketer (pace bowler in Test India v NZ 1955-56) 1935 - Paolo Renosto, composer 1935 - André Bureau, French Canadian communications executive 1935 - Abu Jihad, Founder of the Palestinian group Fatah (d. 1988) 1935 - Dave Charnley, Dartford England, lightweight boxer (Dartford Destroyer), (d. 2012) 1936 - Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of 60s) 1936 - Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here) 1936 - Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist, Nobel laureate, 2007. 1937 - Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer (1964 St Petersburg Open) 1938 - Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers Duin) 1938 - Tobias A Roth, (Rep-R-Wisconsin, 1979- ) 1938 - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer 1939 - Joseph Pitts, American politician 1941 - Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, writer/environmentalist 1941 - Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor 1941 - Peter Coyote [Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon], New York City, New York, American actor (ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1942 - Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister 1943 - Denis DEll, [Dennis Dalziel], rocker 1943 - Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan 1943 - Frederick Barthelme, American author 1944 - Christopher N Dlamini, South African union/SACP-leader 1944 - Renier S Schoeman, S Afr MP (NP)/journalist 1944 - Stephen Scott, composer 1945 - Alan Cartwright, rocker (Procul Harum) 1946 - Ben Vereen, Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster) 1946 - Charles Dance, Redditch, Worcestershire, English actor/director (Alien 3, Jewel in the Crown) 1946 - Franco Malerba, Genoa Italy, astronaut (STS 46) 1946 - John Prine, Maywood Ill, country singer (Hello in There) 1946 - Peter Mahvolich, NHL star (Mont Canadiens) 1946 - Mildred Grieveson (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), English writer 1946 - Naoto Kan, Japanese politician 1946 - Chris Tarrant, English TV presenter 1947 - Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor (Douglas-LA Law) 1947 - Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (d. 1998) 1948 - Greg Lake, rocker 1948 - Rosemary Casals, SF California, tennis doubles (5X Wimbledon) [or Sep 16] 1948 - Séverine, French singer 1948 - Ed Volker, American musician 1949 - Jessica Harper, Chicago IL, actress (Inserts, Stardust Memories) 1949 - Lance Cairns, cricketer (big-hitting NZ medium-pace bowler) 1950 - Dennis Holmes, actor (Mike-Laramie) 1950 - Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor/director (Mister Cactus, Passion) 1950 - Nora Roberts, American novelist 1951 - Epeli Ganilau, Fijian statesman 1953 - Gus Williams, NBA guard (Golden State, Seattle, Washington) 1953 - Midge Ure, Glasgow Scot, rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance) 1954 - Maestro Jimmy Fearnley, English accordionist (The Pogues) Van Halen Rocker David Lee RothVan Halen Rocker David Lee Roth (1954) 1954 - David Lee Roth, Bloomington Indiana, rock singer (Van Halen-Jump) 1954 - Rekha, Bollywood actress 1954 - Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor 1956 - Melissa Belote, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1972) 1956 - Mark Gordon, American film producer 1957 - Craig Marseilles, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Gold Coast) 1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist 1958 - J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor (Bold & Beautiful-Cole Howard) 1958 - John M Grunsfeld, Chicago Ill, PhD/astronaut (STS 67, 81) 1958 - Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car) 1959 - Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist (Pet Shop Boys-Its a Sin) 1959 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000) 1959 - Bradley Whitford, American actor 1960 - Eric Martin, rocker (Mr Big) 1961 - Brian Lee Diemer, Grand Rapids Mich, steeplechase (Olymp-bronze-1984) 1961 - Martin Kemp, London, rock bassist (Spandau Ballet) 1961 - Jodi Benson, American voice actress 1961 - Henrik Jørgensen, Danish marathon runner 1962 - Rex J Walheim, Redwood City California, Capt USAF/astronaut 1963 - Mike Donnelly, Detroit, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars) 1963 - Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002) 1963 - Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer 1964 - Maxi Gnauck, German DR, uneven parallel bars (Olympic-gold-1980) 1964 - Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, rock vocalist 1964 - Quinton Flynn, American voice actor 1965 - Brett Perriman, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins) 1965 - Clive Jones, British engineer 1965 - Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006) 1965 - Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress 1965 - Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan) 1965 - Steve Scalise, American politician 1966 - Darren Carrington, NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1966 - Derrick McKey, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers) 1966 - Elana Meyer, [van Zyl], South Africa, runner (Olympics-silver-92) 1966 - Kevin Paige, vocalist (Dont Shut Me Out) 1966 - Tony Adams, English footballer 1966 - Bai Ling, Chinese-born American actress (The Crow, Red Corner) 1967 - Frank Wainright, tight end (Miami Dolphins) 1967 - Willie Davis, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs, Tennessee Oilers) 1967 - Jonathan Littell, French-American writer 1968 - James Williams, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers) 1968 - L B Williams, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1968 - Nancy Brookhart, Elmhurst Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17th-1994) 1968 - Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker 1969 - Brett Favre, NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1969 - Scott Anthony Murray Nelson, Geelong Australia, NZ 20k walker (Oly-96) 1970 - Glenn Foley, NFL quarterback (NY Jets) 1970 - Helen Louise Goldsby, Brooklyn NY, Miss America (NY-Top 10-1996) 1970 - Dean Kiely, Irish footballer 1970 - Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German luger 1970 - Corinna May, German singer 1970 - Mohammed Mourhit, Belgian athlete 1970 - Sir Matthew Pinsent, English rower 1971 - Bryn Parry, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 BC Amateur-2nd) 1971 - Claus Dalpiaz, hockey goaltender (Team Austria 1998) 1971 - Corey Louchiey, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) 1971 - Ian Bennett, English footballer 1971 - Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist 1972 - Alexei Zhitnik, Kiev Ukraine, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres) 1972 - Hunter Goodwin, tight end (Minnesota Vikings) 1972 - Marianne Limpert, Matagami Quebec, 200m relay swimmer (Oly-silver-96) 1972 - Trent McCleary, Swift Current, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators) 1972 - Yinka Dare, NBA center (NJ Nets) 1972 - Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter 1973 - A J Ofodile, tight end (Baltimore Ravens) 1973 - Jeff Shantz, Duchess, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks) 1973 - Jessica Shahriari, Miss USA-Arizona (1997) 1973 - John Mobley, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1973 - Mario Lopez, San Diego California, actor (A C Slater-Saved by the Bell) 1973 - Zach Thornton, Balt Md, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-gold-96) 1974 - Chris Pronger, NHL defenseman (Team Canada Oly-1998, St. Louis) 1974 - Naike Rivelli, Germany, model/daughter of Ornella Muti 1974 - Assi Cohen, Israeli comedian and actor 1974 - Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer 1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver 1975 - Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer 1976 - Shane Doan, Eston, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets) 1976 - Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder 1976 - Pat Burrell, American baseball player 1978 - Autumn Waterbury, Miss Illinois Teen USA (2nd-1997) 1978 - Brandi Watkins, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1997) 1978 - Jodi Lynn OKeefe, Cliffwood Beach NJ, actress (Cassidy-Nash Bridges) 1979 - Mya Harrison, American singer 1979 - Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player 1979 - Wu Chun, Brunei born Taiwanese actor 1979 - Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T. 1980 - Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer 1980 - Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends) 1980 - Sherine, Egyptian singer 1981 - Michael Oliver, American actor 1982 - Eddie J Peck, Lynchburg Pa, actor (Sutton-Wildside) 1982 - Amon Buchanan, Australian rules footballer 1982 - Hideki Mutoh, Japanese racing driver 1983 - Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer 1984 - Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer 1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress 1984 - Paul Posluszny, American football player 1984 - Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player 1984 - Rod Benson, American basketball player 1985 - Dominique Cornu, Belgian professional cyclist 1985 - Aaron Himelstein, American actor 1986 - Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player 1991 - Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer 1991 - Mariana Espósito, Argentine actress, singer and model
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